Production Manager

Summary: The main goal of the Production Manager is to maintain production flow to meet QAP goals and customer demands.  The Production Manager will work closely with his/her team to ensure quality and development of future QAP leaders.  A successful production superintendent will be able to communicate across multiple departments. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned. 

• Continuously striveto drive, improve, and monitor QAP companywide KPI’s: safety (6s), people, quality, cost of production, delivery/Inventory, continuous improvement, finance/cash, and commercial.  

• Research and analyze daily/weekly/monthly reports.  Research efficiency, quality, and scrap rate to meet QAP goals and standards.  Provide appropriate coaching, direction corrective action to resolve issues. 

• Ensures employee and departmental compliance with all QAP policies, procedures, values and mission. 

• Ensure that employee conduct is free from any form of harassment (sexual, racial, religious, etc.).  Immediately reporting violations to supervisor or Human Resource Manager. 

• Administer and lead 8D problem solving process. 

• Administer and lead standardized work list. 

• Ensure that all employees actively participate in and complete appropriate training (on the job, classroom, or otherwise).  Ensure all training is evaluated and proper documentation is maintained. 

• Maintain daily two-way communication with team.  Provide updated information on current business status. 

• Identify and coach employees on maximizing production through put by goal setting and removing obstacles.  Reestablish goals when needed.  

• Attend and actively participate in production meetings. 

• Evaluate management and overall department performance through formal and informal performance appraisals.  Provide continuous coaching to engage and motivate team. 

• Assign appropriate corrective actions when needed to maintain QAP mission and values. 

• Maintains complete security and confidentiality of company and employee information. 

• Investigates employee concerns promptly and thoroughly creating an environment of trust. 

• Foster a spirt of safety-first focus by conducting layered process audits on lock-out, PPE, pinch points, machine guards etc.  Analyze near miss and OSHA recordable data to reduce future/potential injuries.  Enforce all safety polices and regulations.   Actively participate in monthly safety committee meetings. 

• Ensure production team is producing top quality parts.  Work with management and operators to identify and resolve issues.  

• Facilitate communication between shipping and production departments on status of product fulfillment. 

• Create a culture of positive momentum by holding roadblock meetings; Explore production opportunities utilizing employee input.   

• Identify and resolve variances with inventory. 

• Monitor production levels to fill just in time or add on orders. 

• Attend and actively participate in production meetings. 

• Enforce and support QAP’s 5’s program. 

• Complete all required paperwork.  Ensure documentation is shared with proper departments. 

• Ability to maintain regular attendance at QAP facility.  

• Verify and process employee payroll, ensuring compliance with all federal regulations.  

• Ability to maintain regular attendance at QAP facility.  

• Any additional task assigned by management. 

Competencies 

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies: 

Customer Focus 

Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect. 

Integrity and Trust 

Is widely trusted; is seen as direct, truthful individual, can present the unvarnished truth in an appropriate and helpful manner; keeps confidence; admits mistakes; doesn’t misrepresent himself/herself for personal gain. 

Managing and Measuring Work 

Clearly assigns responsibility for tasks and decisions; sets clear objectives and measures; monitors process, progress, and results; design feedback loops into work. 

Drive for Results 

Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and other for results. 

Confronting Directing Reports 

Deals with problem direct reports firmly and in a timely manner; doesn’t allow problems to fester; regularly reviews performance and holds timely discussions; can make negative decisions when all other efforts fail; deals effectively with troublemakers. 

Problem Solving 
Uses rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions; probes all fruitful sources for answers; can see hidden problems; is excellent at honest analysis; looks beyond the obvious and doesn’t stop at the first answers.  

Building Effective Teams 

Blends people into teams when needed; creates strong morale and spirit in his/her team; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; lets people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team. 

Communications 

Is able to listen actively and express oneself effectively and clearly both orally and in writing. 

Education and/or Experience                     

Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of managing experience in a manufacturing environment preferably with metals. Or equivalent combination of education and experience.    

Language/Reasoning Ability/Mathematical Skills                                              

Ability to read and interpret documents such as excel, and crystal reports. Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and are important, also the ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and statistics.  Possess the ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. 

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations  

May be asked to have a Forklift License to facilitate production. Ability to be certified as a crane operator, forklift and power lock out procedures mastered. 

Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to succes
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